Just over 36 hours until voting finishes for the 2004 Canadian Cyclist of the Year Awards. Cast your vote Here.

In the Men's balloting, Michael Barry's lead over Geoff Kabush has slipped to 30 votes, while the Women's balloting remains neck-and-neck, with Marie-Helene Premont leading Lori-Anne Muenzer by one vote! Muenzer has a commanding lead in the Best Individual Performance category, with nearly three times as many ballots as second place Charles Dionne.

Voting closes at Noon (EST) on January 1st.

Burnaby Velodrome Race Series #2Courtesy Gordon Ross

Kick off 2005 competing at the Burnaby Velodrome. Join some of Canada's and the USA's best track cyclists for the first event of the 2005 calendar year. Work that Christmas turkey off. Make your New Year's resolution to be doing some serious revolutions at the Burnaby Velodrome. Events for both sprinters and endurance riders, 3 days of racing, and categories for all abilities: beginners, intermediate, and elite.

Hot on the heels of the December World Cup Track event in Los Angeles, Burnaby keeps the west-coast winter track scene jumping with its second race event of the season. Riders from Vancouver, Victoria, Washington and Oregon are set to compete across 3 days on the 200m track in Burnaby.

Note: ALL RIDERS MUST HAVE VALID 2005 RACE LICENSES. BC riders, please contact Cycling BC for proof of your 2005 license if you have not yet received it in the mail.

Alex Stieda Slide Show Series

Alex Stieda is bringing a slide show to Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton. He'll be showing slides from the old days as well as recent years with his tours. He'll also show The Tour Baby (www.thetourbaby.com) before and after the slides.

It was interesting to read about the New Years Day ride in Fort St John, having lived there from 1966 to 1975. It does get cold.

The Calgary CrankMasters have an annual New Years Day Ride in North Glenmore Park at High Noon. The meeting place is in the outer parking lot of the Calgary Rowing Club.

The temperature is forecast to be around -20 Deg C so if Ft.St.John gets a plus 5 or even a minus 5 it will be positively balmy.

We will ride 1, 2 or more 5 km laps of the park, depending on how lucky we get with the weather. In Calgary we always say "wait 5 minutes and the weather will change". If unlucky the distance will be shorter (basically dependent on how fast things freeze up).